What does PhD stand for?

Answer 1

Ph. D. is the abbreviation of the Latin equivalent of Doctor in Philosophy.

Answer 2

The D stands for Doctor and the Ph stands for philosophy. It is know as a terminal degree in the sense that their are no more advanced degrees beyond that.
In the 20th century and before PhD became the terminal degree in most fields of study, not just philosophy.

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Ph.D.

Latin: Philosophiae Doctor

in English, Doctor of Philosophy.

Answer 5

Doctor of Philosophy

Answer 6

Ph. D. is the abbreviation of the Latin equivalent of Doctor in Philosophy, but we in higher education ofter refer to it (joking, of course) as Piled higher and Deeper!

Answer 7

Doctor of Philosophy (from Greek Διδάκτωρ Φιλοσοφίας, meaning "Teacher of Philosophy"), typically abbreviated Ph.D., for the Latin Philosophiae Doctor or D.Phil., for Doctor philosophiae, is an advanced academic degree. In many countries it is the highest degree awarded in most disciplines.

European universities in the Middle Ages generally placed all academic disciplines outside the fields of theology, medicine and law under the broad heading of "philosophy." The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was the most junior of the so-called "higher doctorates," generally granted to select and very well-established scholars. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries English-speaking universities adopted the German practice of granting the degree to younger students who had completed a prescribed course of study and successfully defended a dissertation containing original research in the sciences or the humanities. This usage has become increasingly widespread, and in most fields the Ph.D. is now often considered a requisite for pursuing a career in academia.

While the Ph.D. is the most common doctoral degree in the United States, it is often misunderstood to be synonymous with the term "doctorate". The U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation recognize numerous doctoral degrees as "equivalent", and do not discriminate between them (e.g., Doctor of Arts (D.A.), Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.), Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Doctor of Theology (Th.D.), Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.). See this list of equivalent doctorates).

In the United Kingdom and some other countries of the world, Ph.D.s are distinct from other doctorates, most notably the higher doctorates such as D.Litt. (Doctor of Letters) or D.Sc. (Doctor of Science), which are issued by a committee on the basis of a long record of research and publication. They are also distinct from professional doctorates such as those conferred in medicine, education, engineering and jurisprudence -- M.D., Ed.D., Eng.D., and D.Jur. (also known as J.D.). In most universities, professional doctorates involve coursework or a much smaller research component, so the Ph.D. is therefore understood formally to outrank them.

In German speaking countries, most Eastern European countries, the former Soviet Union, most parts of Africa, Asia, and many Spanish speaking countries the corresponding degree is simply called "Doctor" and is distinguished by subject area with a Latin suffix (e.g. "Dr.med." — doctor medicinæ — which is not equal to a M.D., "Dr.rer.nat" — doctor rerum naturalium (Doctor of Science), "Dr. phil." — doctor philosophiæ etc.).